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Problems copying files over a network.

I’m having an odd problem with copying files over my network.Hardware/Software Particulars:Windows 98 second attempt, Promise FastTrak66 mirroring two IBM 13.6 GB drives, Linxsys EtherFast 10/100 switch in a box FESWSK5, version 2.0 drivers.Asus F7400 notebook, win98se, Linksys EtherFast 10/100 CardBus PC Card model PCMPC200, version 2.02 drivers.After a lot of fighting with win98 and Internet Connection Sharing I finally got everything hooked up, connected, dialing, talking and sharing. Everything except that there are certain files that just won’t copy from the Asus to the desktop. There appears to be no commonality between the files. Some are MS Word and Excel files (Office 97 SR-2) some email (Outlook98 *.msg) files, some AVI an MPEG files, some executables. The only files that appear to always transfer are plain old text files. By transferring I mean copying or moving by the drag and drop method.I have added another desktop to the network and it suffers from the same problem. I

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Problems copying files over a network.

I had a similar problem to this with exactly the same Linksys cards and switch! You need to check that your PC's are all set up identically as far as your network protocols are concerned. Probably a good bet to remove all the clients and protocols(leave the adapters there though) and then I installed Client for Microsoft Networks & Client for Netware Networks and make sure you have IPX/SPX, TCP/IP and NETBEUI as protocols - this worked for me - best of luck!!

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